Abu Salim Mustafa

Abu Salim Mustafa received the Ph.D. degree in 1979, and FRCPath in 1998. He received the title of Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait, since 1996. Mustafa became a Visiting Professor (Resource Person Program) of American Society for Microbiology/UNESCO in 2001 and 2004. In1992, he became Research Coordinator, Graduate Program Director in 1998, Member of Medical Research Council in 2001, and Director of Research Core Facility in 2012. Till date, Mustafa has published 217 full-length papers, edited 3 books, received 25 national and international research awards, executed 51 funded research grants, and refereed 81 research projects submitted for funding to national and international institutions. He is a member of the editorial board of four international journals, member of 11 scientific societies, and he supervised 28 graduate thesis, invited speaker in 65 scientific conferences, and chaired scientific sessions in 15 conferences. In the recent years, his research interests focus on molecular biology and immunology of mycobacterial diseases.